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Mrs. John Hughes
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Troy Conrad
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Jan McInnis
Joe Dixon
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J.D. Sidley
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Tony Camin
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Pat Mac
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Mary Ann Nichols
Rita Rudner
Larry “Bubbles” Brown
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Tom Rhodes
Etta May
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Factory/Carlin poster essay contest
The Laugh Factory is finding creative ways of driving people to their website. This time, they’re asking fans to write […]
Another Shecky sighting
An article in the Desert Sun, the newspaper of Palm Springs and environs, details the goings on at a recent […]
Send Bunker to Vegas!
Midnight October 31 is the deadline for voting in the Wendy’s Comedy Challenge! Let’s get to it and vote for […]
Peters… Russel Peters
Just read the following online in the Toronto MetroNews:. After a 16-year stint on the North American standup circuit, (Russell […]
Comedy Competition or Contest: Response
Just got an email response to our recent posting about the recent San Francsisco Comedy Competition. We aren’t in the […]
Kelly Moran UPDATED
From the Moderated alt.comedy.standup newsgroup, posted by Darryl Rhoades: For those of you who might not have heard, Kelly Moran […]
Memphis Funny Bone closed
Sharp-eyed reader Tom Bickle alerted us to a posting on the John Bizarre blog: I walked over and the staff […]
Comedy Competition or Comedy Class?
Got this in our inbox. We’re fairly certain it’s the real deal. It was allegedly sent to all the participants […]
CMT's American Revolutions: Country Comedy
The Female Half of the Staff caught the second half of a CMT American Revolutions documentary while channel surfing last […]
Circle the comedy wagons…
Just got a genuinely humorous press release (those are so rare) heralding the launch of a new comedy tour: Just […]
Photographic fallout: Vegas, October 2005
Center: Milo Tremley, alias Prof. Milo, alias James Lee Reeves. Left: Amber, alias Mrs. Prof. Milo. Right: Traci Skene, alias […]
Jon Stewart deflates windbags at ASME
Fishbowl provides a blow-by-blowhard account of a Sept. 30 appearance by Jon Stewart at the American Society of Magazine Editors […]
One Night Stand #64: Bonnie McFarlane
In our half of the country, it airs (can we even say airs any more, now that it technically doesn’t […]
Blue Collar stays
From the Hollywood Reporter: On Sunday, WB will replace the double dose of sketch comedy Blue Collar in the 9 […]
Rocket's final stage
Associated Press is reporting that SNL cast member Charles Rocket, who was found in a field near his home with […]
Change the only constant in Vegas
You have until Nov. 17 to get a 3/4-lb. Mega Dog at the Westward Ho. Photo credit: Susan Hawkes It […]
Quotes from comics in Vegas magazines
Andrew Dice Clay, in Las Vegas Weekly, on being asked his about his placement as number 95 in Comedy Central’s […]
Comic turned producer seeks footage
We got the following email: My name is Brian Catalina. I’m a former stand up turned TV producer who is […]
Bonnie McFarlane/Slade Ham/Funniest Mom
We’re still at the Riv, where the hi-speed wireless connection is flickering and always threatening to crap out. So we’ll […]
Our archives are all better now
In a previous post, we alerted all to the fact that the magazine’s archives, from June to present, were inaccessible. […]
Who is in Vegas this week?
The Stagebenders, Mike Burton and Gary Brightwell are at the Improv. Tommy Drake, Al Ducharme and Mike Donovan are at […]
Nobody wants to follow Shecky
From FOS Neil Lieberman: Dearest Shecky Magazine, This is Neil Leiberman (The Comedy Coach®), your San Francisco connection for comedy. […]
We're headed to Vegas!
By the time this posts, we’ll be touching down in Las Vegas, arriving just in time to start a week […]
Sneak peep of Patriot Act at Egyptian Theater
Comedian/Filmmaker Jeff Ross’ will be on hand for a sneak preview of his wonderful film “Patriot Act” at the Egyptian […]
Bunker takes Wendy's Comedy Challenge
SHECKYmagazine columnist Bill Bunker writes: I just got some great news, and could use your help. After clicking to the […]
Johnny's mark, desk, clock auctioned off today
According to a Houston Chronicle article, the desk, clock and other items from the Tonight Show set are to be […]
Underground threat undermines Underground Fest?
Adam Gropman, Dough Hecox, Brian McKim, Chris Rich, Traci Skene, occupying power table at NYC’s Laugh Factory. PHOTO CREDIT: Adam’s […]
UN to take control of internet
From the UK Guardian article, “Breaking America’s grip on the net “: A number of countries represented in Geneva, including […]
Hecox: Interesting folkers, these comics
The latest column from Doug Hecox, Writer of Wrongs, has him dropping such names as Emo Phillips, Dom Irrera, Chris […]
SHECKYmagazine at the 2006 NYUCF! BUY TICKETS ! ! ! $5 is a BARGAIN !
Hit the Laugh Factory Times Square website and click on that tiny link that says “Buy tickets” and a small […]
Carrot Top on The Strip
We’re a little late to the party, but Mike Weatherford of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported on Sept. 22 that: […]
"Queen Latifah plays my mammoth girlfriend."
Ray Romano “hasn’t retired from standup,” according to an Associated Press report. Romano clarifies things: “I don’t know if I […]
Nipsey Russell
From the Associated Press bio: “Born in Atlanta, Russell launched his television career as Officer Anderson in the 1961 television […]
Seriously Delayed Assistance, LIVE!
L to R: Alan Marx, Chris Coccia, Chris Rich, Kris Clayton Described thusly: “Some of America’s funniest comics have joined […]
Dodge seeks Hemi® Guy/Gal
We see a banner at the top of our Yahoo! page today that promises to take us to a page […]
Convicts and mothers… and comics
We were combing our stats recently and we came across a URL. We’re kinda fuzzy on what it was/is. Near […]
Canadian VCR/TIVO alert! (from Sharilyn Johnson)
Tomorrow (Sunday) night at 7 PM EDT, from the official Star TV synopsis: Star! goes behind the scenes at the […]
Warren Thomas
From comic Byron Yee: I haven’t seen anything posted about the passing of comic Warren Thomas who died a little […]
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